You can clear font caches with Fontnuke (free online; you'll have to google it since I don't know the address).
This can eliminate some problems and aid in troubleshooting. -Adam On Apr 26, 2008, at 5:30 AM, Christiaan Hofman wrote: > Many crashers only happens sometimes. It can be just a coincidence > when a crasher happens in some app. Also, in Leopard font problems may > appear only in some apps, because Leopard keeps separate font caches > for separate apps, so if the cache is corrupted for one app it may be > OK for another. All the messages and crash reports I've seen from you > point to all kind of third party plugins, and not to Skim. In > particular, the crash report you send me crashes due to the MenuMaster > APE. > > Christiaan > > On 26 Apr 2008, at 8:11 AM, Michael Singer wrote: > >> Christiaan, Adam -- >> >> From MS Word, I did a "Save as PDF..." of a file that had only Times >> 12; opened that in Skim; didn't add any notes; tried to "Save as >> PDF..." from Skim. It crashed. I can open the same file in Preview >> and "Save as PDF...". It works fine there. >> >> I'm sending the crash report off-list. >> >> Re the other points: >> >> On 25 Apr 2008, at 14:44 PM, Christiaan Hofman wrote: >>>> But after the "Save as PDF..." successfully prints, Skim crashes. >>>> >>> >>> That's almost certainly not a bug in Skim. There are a few (known) >>> system crasher in the print framework on Leopard, in particular with >>> duplex printing... >> >> I had duplex turned off. >> >>>> ... >>> >>> ...but these seem to be a crashers coming from URL Manager Pro. I >>> guess it plugs into the system somewhere, and does so in a buggy >>> way. >>> You should contact the developers of that app instead. It's >>> definitely >>> not our responsibility. >> >> I've now turned off URL Mgr Pro, but it still crashes. >> >> At 7:52 AM -0700 4/25/08, Adam R. Maxwell wrote: >>> Small caps and certain fonts will also cause it to crash. Do you >>> see >>> a crash log for Skim in Console? >> >> Adam -- thanks, see above. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference > Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save > $100. > Use priority code J8TL2D2. > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone > _______________________________________________ > Skim-app-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users ================================= Adam M. Goldstein PhD MSLIS Assistant Professor of Philosophy Iona College -- email 1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] email 2 [EMAIL PROTECTED] web http://www.iona.edu/faculty/agoldstein/ tel (914) 637-2717 post Iona College Department of Philosophy 715 North Avenue New Rochelle, NY 10801 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _______________________________________________ Skim-app-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users
